A multi-generational group of local female fiddlers share the stage for the showcase at Broyhill Chapel on the Mars Hill University campus, Friday, Dec. 4.

A multi-generational group of local female fiddlers share the stage for the showcase at Broyhill Chapel on the Mars Hill University campus, Friday, Dec. 4.
Fiddler Roger Howell has recorded 532 traditional fiddle tunes from memory — the growing collection is housed in Mars Hill University’s Southern Appalachian Archives. But that’s not the only way that the local musician’s history is being honored. A documentary about Howell’s role in preserving mountain music in Western North Carolina is being created by […]